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Schools of the Future

Schools of the Future. Preparing Children For the 21 st Century Jean Orvis May 3, 2009. Committee on Schools of the Future. Bob Chambers, Athens Academy , Southern Association of Independent Schools Cathy Gately, Charles River School, New England Association of Independent Schools

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Schools of the Future

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  1. Schools of the Future Preparing Children For the 21st Century Jean Orvis May 3, 2009

  2. Committee on Schools of the Future • Bob Chambers, Athens Academy, Southern Association of Independent Schools • Cathy Gately, Charles River School, New England Association of Independent Schools • David Lowry, Elisabeth Morrow, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools • Jack Creeden, Providence Day School, NAIS • Jean Orvis, Seattle Academy, PNAIS, Chair • Jim McManus, California Association of Independent Schools, Vice-Chair • Joan Lutton, Cushman School, Florida Association of Independent Schools • John Heard, Council of International Schools • Linda Phelps, Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools • Rhonda Durham, Independent School Association of the Southwest • Robert Witt, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools • Sally Boese, Virginia Association of Independent Schools

  3. Preparing kids for-- * College * Careers * Citizenship

  4. Outline • Our Changing World • Potential for Gridlock • Essential Capacities for the 21st C. • New Criteria and Model Core Standard • Questions/Discussion

  5. Our Changing World “We are entering an era of permanent white water, a river of endless rapids with no patches of lake-like calm. What is new is the speed and extent of change and the vulnerability of organizations to decline rapidly.” Rob Evans, The Human Side of School Change, 1996.

  6. The Challenge We are preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t yet know are problems. J-F Rischard, High Noon: 20 Global Problems; 20 Years to Solve Them.

  7. Exponential Times “We live in exponential times. In fact, anyone who says we live in exponential times is understating the case.” The Ordeal of Change, Eric Hofer

  8. The Result “Anxiety escalates—from the cellular level, to the individual, to the family, to the school, and to society—as the speed and quantity of change increase.” Edwin Friedman,A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix.

  9. Ignore rather than explore

  10. Reactivity So then I says to Borg, “You know, as long as we’re under seige, one of us oughta moon these Saxon dogs.”

  11. Blaming

  12. Herding

  13. Witch Hunts

  14. Obsession with Safety

  15. Quick Fix Mentality

  16. Comparison to late Middle Ages in Europe • The Plague • Threat from the Moors • Crumbling political and social order • Church discredited • Economic collapse • Displacement and migration of people • Doom and gloom mindset.

  17. Societal Needs—then and now • Imagination • Discovery • Creativity • Innovation • Character

  18. Essential Capacities for the 21st C. • Thinking and Creative Skills • Communication Skills • Digital Literacy • Global Perspective • Adaptability and Flexibility • Character

  19. Analytical and creative thinking and problem-solving “ It’s how you think that is important in the world today. People will be valued more for how they think rather than what they know because the knowledge base is changing so rapidly.” Bill Burnett, Stanford University

  20. Resources • Brain Research • Decision Science • Schools of the Future Bibliography

  21. Complex Communication—both oral and written

  22. Complex Communication—both oral and written • Acquire information • Explain it • Compellingly persuade others of its implications • Build and teach understanding • Negotiate • And in more than one language!

  23. Leadership and Teamwork

  24. Leadership and Teamwork

  25. Digital and Quantitative Literacy

  26. “I’ll take my lecture to go, please…”

  27. Global Perspective • Demographic Shifts • Economic Shifts • The Rise of the Rest

  28. Adaptability, Initiative, and risk-taking • Survival skills for the 21st C. • “Frustration” and “Failure”-the “F-words” of our era. • Key to success: fail early and fail often. • Huge implications for school cultures.

  29. Integrity and Ethical Decision-making.

  30. What About Core Knowledge? • The best learning takes place when the essential capacities are taught within the context of a knowledge base. • “Drill and Kill” becomes “Drill for Skill.” • What changes are the delivery mechanisms.

  31. What About Assessment? • ERB’s, SAT’s, and AP’s are no longer good indicators of the kind of preparation needed for success in college and life. • New assessments are emerging. Ex. CWRA CLA NAIS website

  32. Accreditation Implications • New Criteria The standards require a school provide evidence of a thoughtful process, respectful of its mission, for the collection and use in school decision-making of data (both external and internal) about student learning.

  33. Accreditation Implications • Proposed New Model Core Standard The school demonstrates that its program, practices, and institutional culture are informed by research regarding how students learn and the knowledge and capacities they will need in their future lives.

  34. Questions? Comments?

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